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Positive:
8
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Critic Reviews
RogerEbert.comMay 6, 2026
Season 1 Review:
“Amadeus” allows these characters to fester under a fresh lens until they become a newer, often inexplicable beast. It’s a beast that doesn’t threaten the sanctity of the work from which it’s adapted, but one that cannibalizes itself instead, leaving in its wake a bolder, rawer creation.
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iJan 15, 2026
Season 1 Review:
Sharpe is delectable in the role, precocious yet understated, and with an ambition both formidable and naïve, masking the pressure he’s under from his father, who wants him to move back to Salzburg so he can manage him. Bettany, meanwhile, is brilliantly restrained, seething with jealousy and repression.
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The Mercury NewsMay 7, 2026
Season 1 Review:
Showrunner Joe Barton’s production isn’t in the same leagues, but it’s good enough thanks to the dedication of its two leads — Paul (“Wandavision”) Bettany as the conniving and cruelly envious Salieri and Will (“The White Lotus” season 2) Sharpe as the bad boy 18th century groundbreaking composer with daddy issues.
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May 6, 2026
Season 1 Review:
It’s an intriguing balance of themes that, at five hours, also starts to feel spread a bit thin at times. .... Still, a trio of strong performances and the chance to watch some elaborately staged versions of Mozart’s most famous operas go a long way towards keeping things engaging—especially when the finale sticks the landing so powerfully.
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May 8, 2026
Season 1 Review:
There are good results here, and some less than good. One might say it is less than the sum of its parts; if in the end I was not moved in the way I was surely meant to be — the five-part series is a little repetitious, a little exhausting — there was much to like along the way. It did prove interesting.
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May 8, 2026
Season 1 Review:
This Mozart is more of a straightforward working artist, alcoholic and skirt chaser. This makes for a Mozart who is more rueful and sympathetic but not much more interesting, and Sharpe gives a somewhat dutiful performance. .... The revisions have one happy result: Barton’s Salieri is a more nuanced and interesting character, with motivations more grounded in everyday life. Bettany takes full advantage in his meticulously controlled performance; we can feel the rot eating him from within. .... The question his [Joe Barton's] “Amadeus” raises is, why “Amadeus”?
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The GuardianJan 15, 2026
Season 1 Review:
Bettany as Salieri does well with a script that offers him no chance to compete with F Murray Abraham’s Oscar-winning performance. Sharpe as Mozart is, likewise, hampered, but even controlling for the script’s banality, his performance is a thin, half-hearted thing.
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